Whip-button



(No Modell).

' o. E. WILLIAMS.

WHIP BIITTON. l

No. 3,773,167. "Patented Nov. I5, 1,887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. WILLIAMS, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHIP-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 373,167, datedNovember 15, 1887.

Application filed September 5, 1887. Serial No. 248,819. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, CHARLES E. WILLIAMS, ofWesteld, in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Combined Button and Weight for Whips, ofwhich the following is a specication, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part thereof. In the manufacture o fwhlpsmuch difficulty is encountered with such as arenot .full'bone whips tomake them of thelproper weight and to so distribute their weightthroughout their length that they will be properly balanced. Afull-bonewhip, or one composed of a con tinuous piece of whalebone from end toend, can be readily brought to the desired weight a-nd proportions, forthe reason that it is homogeneous throughoutits length; but such whipsare expensive, and for the cheaper grades it is necessary to use othermaterial-such as rattan--andto either make the whip entirely of thecheaper material or to 'combine it with whalebone, the latter beingusually done. The butts of these cheaper grades of whips are Weightedwith a load-piece of metal inserted within the body of the whip, andvarious expedients have been resorted to for the purpose of securing aproportionate weight to the remaining portion of the whip-such aswinding them with leather beneath the plaiting, Ste.; but all suchexpedients have involved a loss of elasticity or an impairment of thesymmetry of the whip.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the weight of awhip can be accurately proportioned throughout its length, so as tobring its center of gravity at the desired point, and at the same timeleave its shape and elasticity wholly undisturbed;

To this end my invention consists in the combined button and weight forwhips hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view ofa portion of a whip provided with metallic button-molds according to myinvention.v Fig. 2 shows a strip of the metal from which the molds maybe formed. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l, showing the molds coveredto form buttons. Fig. 4 is a view of a Whip having three of the combinedbuttons and weights thereon, the molds having a plaited covering.

In Fig. l, the letter A designates a portion ofa whip having the usualnail-head at the end and having button-molds B B thereon. These moldsinstead of being made of wicking, as heretofore, are made of metal. Iprefer to form them from sheetlead or lead-foil, because of the facilitywith which it can be applied to the whip by winding a strip thereof,such asl tion for Letters Patent filed by me on the 1st day ofSeptember, A. D. 1887, serially numbered 248,434, and forms no part ofmy present invention.

When a non-elastic covering is to be used, such as is designated by theletter C' in Fig. 3, the strip of metal should be of considerably lessvthickness,so that as it is wound upon the whip it can be molded to theoval conformation designated by the letter B', which can readily be donewith a soft metal likelead, the several .layers being merged into apractically solid mass, as shown. Such mold moreover can be knurled intothe shape ofthe ordinary thread button7 and covered by manually braidingthread thereover in the same manner that it has heretofore been'braidedover molds formed of wicking, and a button like those shown in Fig. 4will be produced,which will beidentical in appearance with the usualthread button.

The position of the metallic molds'upon the whip will be governed by theparticular style of the latter and their size by the amount of .weightwhich the whip shohld have at those points to balance it properly.

It is customary to make at least three buttons upon whips, as shown inFig. 4, and often others are added at short distances apart toward thetip, and it will readily be seen that by the use of metallic molds forsuch buttons IOO the Weight of the whip can be so distributed as tobring its center of gravity at exactly the right point without changingits appearance or impai ring its elasticity in the least particular.

The molds, of course,could be cast or molded into ring or halfring formbefore being applied to the Whip and could be composed of other metalsthan lead; but I prefer to use lead,be canse of its Weight andcheapness, and prefer to apply it by Winding it in sheet form about theWhip,for the reason that I thus avoid the necessity of keeping in stocka great number of molds of various sizes and patterns and because thedesired Weight can be given to the Whip at any given point veryaccurately by varying the amount of metal in the several molds.

I do not wish to limit myself to the use of the metallic molds with thestyles of buttons herein shown, as the outer covering therefor can beVvaried to suit the taste of the user.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combined button and Weight for Whips, consisting of a metallicmold formed upon or secured to the whip, said mold having a non-metallicouter covering, substantially as described.

2. The combined button and weight for Whips, consisting of a iiexiblestrip of metal wound about the Whip in superposed layers and anon-metallic outer covering wholly inclosing said strip, ysubstantiallyas set forth.

3. The combination, with the Whip A, of a series of leaden molds formedthereon between the ends thereof, each of said molds being Whollyinclosed Within a textile or other covering, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES E. WILLIAMS.

Vitnesses:

W. H. CHAPMAN, H. K. HAWEs.

